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This past Tuesday night the American Textile History Museum and Lowell Telecommunications Corporation hosted a preview of “Lowell: Place of Invention”, a series of four short videos about invention in Lowell that will premiere at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 2015. Sponsored by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center…
Read More »Historian Julie Mofford shared the following which is based on letters sent home by a Lowell mill girl from 1861 to 1865 “You work in Lowell!” exclaimed our daughter-in-law’s father, Chuck Grover. “Why, my great-grandfather had a good friend who worked in the textile mills there. I inherited a stack…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Apparently, the number of Massachusetts voters willing to accept casinos has grown from 37 percent to 53 percent, that according to a Boston Herald poll. I had even begun to think that, well, if Springfield needs jobs and…
Read More »Tuesday was the grand opening of Cafe UTEC which is located at 41 Warren Street in Lowell, just inside the UTEC building across from the Lowell District Court. The cafe is open Monday through Thursday from 11 am until 2 pm and offers a great new place for lunch in…
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. Imagine a new video has gone viral. In the video, a CEO announces he is issuing a share-the-wealth challenge to fellow executives. He lifts a bucket over a railing and dumps the…
Read More »The Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Karyn Polito, was in Lowell today. She visited many of the places that have been funded by Governor Deval Patrick and the Democratically controlled State Legislature. The Massachusetts Democratic Party appreciates her efforts to draw attention to all of these accomplishments with the following…
Read More »From the archive ~ a reminder that two of Lowell’s most magnificent buildings Lowell City Hall and the Pollard Memorial Library are built in the “Richardsonian Romanesque” style created by Henry Hobson Richardson… “American’s First Architect” born this day September 29, 1838. MassMoments reminds that Henry Hobson Richardson was born…
Read More »Lowell now has an Independent Cinema: The Luna Theater at Mill No. 5. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »John Wooding shares some thoughts on the death of his beloved dog of 16 years earlier this summer. It felt like the summer of death. So much grief and mayhem in the world. So many examples of the ways in which we have become adept at killing and maiming…
Read More »Many Tewksbury Democratic Town Committee ladies joined with their sister and brother Democrats from Lawrence and Andover at a Unity Breakfast and Candidate event yesterday morning. And words, gestures and commitment to Democratic unity was alive and well in Lawrence! State Senator Barry Finegold drew a standing ovation of thanks…
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